Book
Life and death in the ancient city of Teotihuacan: a modern paleodemographic synthesis
University of Alabama Press • Tuscaloosa • Published In 1992 • Pages:
By: Storey, Rebecca.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document describes the excavation of one apartment compound, Tllajinga 33, in the ancient city of Teotihuacan, that the author believes could yield groundbreaking information on the demographic features, health, and general quality of life in a New World preindustrial city (p. 24). The large skeletal sample taken from this site was used as the basis for a paleodemographic analysis that provided the first opportunity to characterize this important urban center demographically. The breakdown of the data from this analysis provides much information on the general characteristics of the Tlajinga 33 population, especially in regard to pathology, health, and mortality.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Cities
- Dwellings
- Anthropometry
- Laboratory analysis of materials other than dating methods in archaeology
- Mortality
- Internal migration
- Morbidity
- Ontogenetic data
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Central Mexico Classic
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2010
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Mexico
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle; 2009
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1980-1982
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 2150-1250 BP (150 BC-AD 750)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tlajinga 33 Compound, Teotihuacán, Valley of Mexico
- NotesAdditional notes
- Rebecca Storey
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 271-298) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 91017942
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Indians of Mexico--Population/Indians of Mexico--Anthropometry/Teotihuacán Site (San Juan Teotihuacan, Mexico